Introduction
Revolution is the political section of E.A.R.T.H. This introduction is an outline of where we are at politically, what progress has been made, what might be yet to come and how we can help get there.
A fairly middle of the road environmental party of which I am a member, the Australian Greens, is often labelled extreme by conservative opponents. This is a discussion of what it means to be labelled extreme.
A friend was publishing The Equal Standard magazine as part of her Phd, and asked for submissions on the topic of Extremism. I did two versions and this is the one which got published.
Saviour or distraction?
Should we give everyone in society money to live a more comfortable life? A lot of people think so but is it sensible, feasible? Will it achieve the goals its proponents hope for. What other effects might it have? This is a discussion of the Universal Basic Income which I hope makes some contribution to these questions.
I wanted to write an explanation of why I thought anarchism was the only philosophy capable of taking us into the future. It ended up being more of an extended mind dump, so forgive me for that, but I hope you find something interesting in it. Caveat lector!
In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State
— Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Indispensable Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is the author I have read the most books from in the last few years. Brilliant, articulate, compassionate, well researched, insightful, he has inspired a generation of activists and enraged a generation of those who have grown fat from the status quo. In a world where everyone was...